Professor Stephen Hamnett 

Title: Visiting Professor

Alumni: PhD, University of Reading, United Kingdom

Discipline/s: Urban and Regional Planning

Biography

Stephen Hamnett has been one of Australia’s best-known planning educators for many years. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of South Australia in Adelaide and recently retired from the post of Commissioner of the Environment, Resources and Development Court of South Australia, a judicial position that he held for more than 20 years. Stephen is a graduate of the University of Oxford and completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Sir Peter Hall at the University of Reading.  He has worked in many countries, including the UK, the Netherlands, the USA and throughout the Asia Pacific. His interests in planning are wide-ranging but his work has had a particular focus on Asian cities and on metropolitan strategic planning. He is a Life Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia and was given that Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. In 2017 he was awarded the prestigious  Australian Cities Research Network (ACRN) Urban Research Medal for distinguished service to urban scholarship and practice in Australia. Significant books include ‘The Australian Metropolis’ with Robert Freestone (2000); ‘Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience’ with Dean Forbes (2013); and ‘Planning Metropolitan Australia’ with Robert Freestone (2018). Stephen was previously a Visiting Professor at LKYCIC in 2017 and 2018 where he collaborated with Dr Belinda Yuen on a book entitled ‘Planning Singapore: The Experimental City', first published by Routledge in 2019.

Education

  • PhD, University of Reading, UK (1981)
  • MA, University of Oxford, UK (1975)
  • Graduate Diploma in Town Planning (Distinction), Oxford Polytechnic, UK (1973)
  • BA (Hons), Geography, University of Oxford, UK (1971)

Publications (Selected only)

  • Hamnett, Stephen (1973). The Nature and Purpose of Comparative Planning. Delft Working Papers in Planning Theory and Education 2 , Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen (1975). The Study of Comparative Planning. CES Working Paper No. 13. Centre for Environmental Studies, London.
  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen (1975). Vergelijkend Onderzoek in Planning. Stedebouw en Volkshuisvesting, 56(2), 89-92.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1975). Dutch Planning: A Reappraisal. The Planner, 61(2),102-106.
  • Faludi, Andreas, & Hamnett, Stephen (1975). Towards an empirical planning theory. Bestuurswetenschappen (Dutch Journal of Policy Science), 29(5), 359-364.
  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen (1976). The Promotion and Control of Development in Leiden. Oxford Working Papers in Planning Education and Research No. 27, Oxford Polytechnic, UK.
  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen (1976). Flexibility in Dutch Local Planning. Oxford Working Papers in Planning Education and Research No. 28, Oxford Polytechnic, UK.
  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen (1977). Procedural Aspects of Local Planning in The Netherlands. Bestuurswetenschappen (Dutch Journal of Policy Science), 31(5), 308-324.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1978). Leiden-Merenwijk: A Case Study of Dutch Local Planning. Planning and Administration, 5(2), 28-42.
  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen. (1978). Planning in Onzekerheid - Engelse Lessen? Stedebouw en Volkshuisvesting, 59(2),89-93.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1978). Hoe de Derde Londense Luchthaven er niet kwam. Plan, 9(2), 65-74.
  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen (1978) Bouwen en Wonen in Onzekerheid (Building and Planning under Uncertainty). Samsom: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1979). Planning in Holland. Planning, 336, 8-10 (September).
  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen (1979). Planning in Onzekerheid. Bouwen en Wonen, 14, 221-228 (February).
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1982). The Political Framework of Post-War Dutch Planning in Costa, Frank & Dutt, Ashok (eds) Public Planning in The Netherlands. Oxford University Press: New York and London.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1982).“””’ The Netherlands: Planning and the Politics of Accommodation in McKay, David (ed) Planning and Politics in Western Europe. Macmillan:London.
  • Thomas, David, Minett, John, Hopkins, Stephen, Hamnett, Stephen, Faludi, Andreas & Barrell, David (1983) Flexibility and Commitment in Planning. Martinus Nijhoff: London and Amsterdam.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1983). Planning in the Eighties. Urban Policy and Research, 1(4), 30-31.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1984). Brisbane - City Profile. Cities, 1(5),442-447.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (ed) (1985). Urban Australia: Issues and Policies. Built Environment,11,(2).
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1987) The City of Adelaide Plan 1986-1991: A Review. Urban Policy and Research, 5(2), 61-72.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Bunker, Raymond (eds) (1987). Urban Australia: Planning Issues and Policies. Mansell/Thomas Nelson: London and Melbourne.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1989). The Current State of Urban Design: Implications for Planning Education. Ekistics, June, 156-159.
  • Eccles, Des, Hamnett, Stephen, Huxley, Margo & McLoughlin, Brian (1990). Professionalism and Academia. Australian Planner 28(4), 37-43.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1991). South Australia’s Planning Review. Australian Planner, 29(1), 46-47.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Parham, Susan (eds) (1992). Metropolitan Australia in the 1990s. Built Environment 18(3).
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1995). Brian McLoughlin: Recollections from Australia. European Planning Studies, 5(6),763-76.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1995). The Adelaide Multi-Function Polis: From technopolis to enterprise zone in Batty et al (eds) Cities in Competition: Productive and Sustainable Cities. Longman:London.
  • Hamnett, Stephen, Lennon, Michael, Bunker, Raymond &Hutchings, Alan (1997). South Australian Planning in the 1990s. South Australian Planning Papers No 6, Planning Education Foundation of South Australia, Adelaide.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1997). The Multi-Function Polis: 1987-1997. Australian Planner 34(4), 225-230.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1999). 50 years of planning education. Australian Planner, 36,(1), 5-7.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Lennon, Michael(1999) Metropolitan Planning in Spoehr,J.(ed) Beyond the Contract State, Wakefield Press: Adelaide.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Lennon, Michael (1999) Strategic Planning and the Competitive City: Adelaide, South Australia in Brotchie, John, Newton, Peter, Hall, Peter & Dickey, John, East West Perspectives on 21st Century Urban Development. Ashgate: Aldershot, UK.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Freestone, Robert (eds) (2000). The Australian Metropolis: A Planning History. Allen and Unwin: Sydney/E&FN Spon: London.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (2000) The 1990s: Competitive and Sustainable Cities (in Hamnett, Stephen & Freestone, Robert (eds) (2000). The Australian Metropolis: A Planning History. Allen and Unwin: Sydney/E&FN Spon: London.
  • Garnaut, Christine & Hamnett, Stephen (eds) (2000). Proceedings of the 5th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, University of South Australia, April.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Forbes, Dean (eds) (2001). Pacific-Asian Cities: Challenges and Prospects. Built Environment, 2(27).
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Radbone, Ian (2002). Making the most of Adelaide’s water in Brebbia, C.A., Martin-Duque, J.F. and Wadwha, L.C. The Sustainable City II: Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. WIT Press: Southampton, UK.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (ed) (2006) Learning from Urban Disasters. Built Environment, 32(4).
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Hutchings, Alan (2007). The Era of Strategic Planning in Hutchings, Alan (ed) With Conscious Purpose: A History of Town Planning in South Australia. Wakefield Press: Adelaide.
  • Kellett, Jon & Hamnett, Stephen (2007). Reducing, adapting, innovating: the development of a state greenhouse strategy for South Australia. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 3,(2),165-174.
  • Forster, Clive & Hamnett, Stephen (2008). The State of Australian Cities: An Overview in Forster, Clive & Hamnett, Stephen (eds) (2008) The State of Australian Cities. Built Environment, 34,(1), 241-254.
  • Rofe, Matthew & Hamnett, Stephen (eds) (2009). 60 Years of Planning Education. Australian Planner, 46(1), 6-7.
  • Perkins, Alan, Hamnett, Stephen, Pullen, Stephen, Zito, Rocco & Trebilcock, David (2009). Transport, Housing and Urban Form: the Life Cycle Energy Consumption and Emissions of City Centre Apartments compared with Suburban Dwellings. Urban Policy and Research, 27(4), 377-396.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Hutchings, Alan (2009). Urban Development and Planning in Spoehr, J. (ed) The State of South Australia. Wakefield Press: Adelaide.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Forbes, Dean (2013). Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience. Routledge: London
  • Hamnett, Stephen (2015). Hugh Stretton: Ideas for Australian Cities. Built Environment 41(3), 419-434.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Maginn, Paul (eds) (2016). Australian Cities in the 21st Century: Suburbs and Beyond. Built Environment, 42(1). SubyS
  • Maginn, Paul & Hamnett, Stephen (2016). Multiculturalism and Metropolitan Australia: Demographic Change and Implications for Strategic Planning. Built Environment, 42(1),120-145.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Freestone, Robert (2018). Planning Metropolitan Australia. Routledge: London.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Yuen, Belinda (2019) Planning Singapore: The Experimental City. Routledge: London.
  • Freestone, Robert, Hamnett, Stephen & Randolph, Bill (2023). Raymond Bunker (1929-2023). Urban Policy and Research. Published online on 29 August DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2023.2247636
  • Hamnett, Stephen (2024 forthcoming). Planning. Wakefield Companion to South Australian History. Wakefield Press: Adelaide.

International/Regional Conference Papers/Presentations (Selected only)

  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen (1976). The Methodology of Comparative Research. Presentation to the Planning Research Section of the Dutch Institute of Housing and Planning, Hoog  Katherijn, Utrecht, 19 November.
  • Faludi, Andreas & Hamnett, Stephen (1978). Local Planning and the Law. OECD Conference on 'Implementation', Milton Keynes, UK, July.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Faludi, Andreas (1978). Lessons from the Leiden- Oxford Study. Conference on comparative research at the Centre for Environmental Studies, London, 15
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1980). Powers and Functions for Environmental Planning and Control. United Towns Organization Conference on Local Government and Environmental Planning, Coventry UK, 28th
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1988). Urban Design – What’s All the Fuss About? Keynote address to the New Zealand Planning Institute Annual Conference, Christchurch, 5 April.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1988). Metropolitan Planning in Australia. EAROPH/ UNCRD Conference on Metropolitan Planning, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1989). The Current State of Australian Planning Education. Presentation to a research seminar on Metropolitan Planning Issues. Urban Research Unit, Australian National University, Canberra February.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1989). Local Economic Development Initiatives in Australian Cities. International Federation of Housing and Planning Conference, Chiba, Japan, November.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1990). Metropolitan Planning in South Australia. Metropolis ‘90 Conference, Melbourne, 17th
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1992). Sustainable Metropolitan Development for Adelaide. Conference of the Royal Australian Planning Institute, Canberra, 26 April.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1993). Strategic Planning for Metropolitan Areas. Keynote address to the EAROPH conference on Integrated Planning and Housing, Kuching, Sarawak, 27-29 September.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1993). Planning for a Sustainable Metropolis. International Conference on Sustainable Urban and Metropolitan Development, UTM, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 22-24 November.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1994). Strategic Planning and Australian Cities. EAROPH Conference, Beijing, 15-17 September.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1995). Urban Infrastructure and Strategic Planning. EAROPH Conference, Jakarta, 22-24 September.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Harper, Bruce (1996). Sustainable Urban Form: The Example of MFP Australia. EAROPH/NZPI Congress, Auckland, September.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (1998). The Adelaide Multi-Function Polis: From Serendipity City to Medium Density Suburb. 8th International Planning History Conference, UNSW, Sydney.
  • Xu, Min, Taylor, Michael & Hamnett, Stephen (2002). A microsimulation approach to modeling travel choices: a case study from Adelaide's north-west corridor. International Conference on Seamless and Sustainable Transport, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, November.
  • Xu, Min, Taylor, Michael & Hamnett, Stephen (2003). A microsimulation model of travel behaviour for use in urban transport corridor analysis. 10th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Lucerne, Switzerland, 10-15 August.
  • Hasan, Mirza & Hamnett, Stephen (2003). The Relevance of Western Notions of Sustainability to Developing Countries. 7th Congress of the Asian Planning Schools Association, Hanoi Architectural University, Hanoi, 12-14 September.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (2003). Adelaide as a Sustainable City: Water Management in the Broader Context of Sustainability. Paper to a Seminar on Sustainable Urban Services, Pacific Economic Co-operation Council, Sustainable Cities Task Force, Shanghai, April.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Radbone, Ian (2003). Land Use, Walking and Cycling: A Review of Recent Research. 26th Australasian Transport Research Forum, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Xu, Min, Taylor, Michael & Hamnett, Stephen (2004). A microsimulation model of travel behavior for use in the analysis of policies and initiatives for sustainable transport. Conference on Towards Sustainable Land Transport, New Zealand Institute of Highway Engineers, Wellington, New Zealand 21-24 November.
  • Perkins, Alan & Hamnett, Stephen (2005). The significance of urban form in creating more greenhouse-friendly cities. 8th Congress of the Asian Planning Schools Association, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 15 September.
  • Perkins, Alan & Hamnett, Stephen (2005). The Influence of Urban Form on a City’s Total Transport and Built Environment Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Paper to the Conference of the American Collegiate Schools of Planning, Kansas City, 27 October.
  • Zillante, George & Hamnett, Stephen (2005). Planning to mitigate environmental risks: An Australian case study of planning for bushfire prone areas. EAROPH Congress on Risk Management in Human Settlements, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 20 September.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Pullen, Stephen (2005). Adelaide and Urban Sustainability. Conference on Sustainable Building for SE Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-13 April.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (2005). Ten Years of Strategic Planning in South Australia. 2nd State of Australian Cities Conference, Brisbane, 30 November-2 December.
  • Perkins, Alan and Hamnett, Stephen (2005). The Full Impact of Transport and the Built Environment on Greenhouse Gas Emissions. 28th Australasian Transport Research Forum, Sydney.
  • Xu, Min, Taylor, Michael & Hamnett, Stephen (2005). LUTDMM: an operational prototype of a microsimulation travel model. 28th Australasian Transport Research Forum, Sydney.
  • Xu, Min, Taylor, Michael & Hamnett, Stephen (2005). Microsimulation modelling of travel behaviour – an alternative approach for detailed study of transport and land use. 9th International Conference in Computers in Urban Planning and Management, University College London, 30 June
  • Hamnett, Stephen (2006). Principles for Sustainable Urban (Re)Development. Keynote Presentation to the Dubai Forum on Sustainable Urban Development, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai, 18 March.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Rofe, Matthew (2006). Echoes of the Adelaide Multi-function Polis: Mawson Lakes as Global Technopole or Local Millpond? 2nd World Planning Schools Congress, Mexico City, 11-16 July.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Kellett, Jon (2007). Onward, Outward, Upward? A Review of Contemporary Australian Metropolitan Growth Policies. 3rd State of Australian Cities Conference, Adelaide, 28-30 November.
  • Hamnett, Stephen & Kellett, Jon (2007). Responding to Climate Change in South Australia: The Implications for Transport, Planning and Buildings. AIBS Transitions International Conference, Adelaide, 4 -7 March.
  • Kellett, Jon & Hamnett, Stephen (2007) Reducing, adapting, innovating: the development of a state greenhouse strategy for South Australia. 3rd International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, University of Madras, Chennai, India, 4 January.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (2014). Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience. Commonwealth Association of Planners/Singapore Institute of Planners International Planning Forum, Singapore 25 November.
  • Hamnett, Stephen (2018). Planning Australia’s Cities. Keynote Address to the 2018 Australasian Conference of Planning and Environment Courts and Tribunals,Brisbane, 20-May.